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New ICE law‑enforcement hires move through a multi-stage process that begins with rigorous pre‑employment screening (medical, drug test, physical fitness and background checks) and continues with a fe...
ERO basic deportation officer training at FLETC is presented in government releases as a shorter, operationally focused program—ICE materials describe 16–20 week courses with immigration law, Spanish,...
FLETC has shifted significant capacity toward ICE surge training to support onboarding of 10,000 ERO deportation officers and 1,000 HSI personnel by Dec. 31, 2025, and has said it will continue broade...
The career-path split inside channels new hires into distinct, mandatory training pipelines: special agents must complete ’s foundational Criminal Investigator Training Program () and then agency-spec...
ICE agents receive formal, job-specific physical training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) and ICE Academy programs that combine pre-employment fitness tests, sustained condition...
ICE’s frontline law enforcement cadres receive formal basic academy instruction through the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) and agency-run curricula — for example, new ERO deportation...
New reporting and agency materials from August–September 2025 describe an unprecedented ICE recruitment surge, heavy financial incentives, and condensed training at Federal Law Enforcement Training Ce...
’s Criminal Investigator Training Program () is the interagency baseline for most federal “1811” criminal investigators and generally runs in the neighborhood of 8–12 weeks depending on the source; ag...
special agents and deportation officers are trained through distinct pipelines that differ in length, mission focus, and depth of investigative instruction: HSI candidates undergo a substantially long...